CVE-2015-3166

CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Memory corruption

9.8CVSS CRITICAL

Summary

The snprintf implementation in PostgreSQL before 9.0.20, 9.1.x before 9.1.16, 9.2.x before 9.2.11, 9.3.x before 9.3.7, and 9.4.x before 9.4.2 does not properly handle system-call errors, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information or have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by an out-of-memory error.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)5%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

PostgreSQL

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1587/Advisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/release-9-0-20.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/release-9-1-16.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/release-9-2-11.htmlAdvisory
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/release-9-3-7.htmlAdvisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2621-1Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3269Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3270Advisory